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Gelechiidae 59a0705 – 1786   "Recurvaria" vestigata (Meyrick, 1929)

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Description/ Field Marks: See Meyrick (1929) and illustrations in Clarke (1969). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: vestigata (Meyrick, 1929) (Recurvaria) mispl. - MONA 1983: 1786   Type locality: Toronto, ON. Taxonomic Notes: "Recurvaria" vestigata Meyrick, 1929, provisional generic placement, is listed as misplaced in Lee et al. (2009).

References

Clarke, J.F.G., 1969. Catalogue of the type specimens of microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick, 7: 344; pl. 172, fig. 2-2a. (lectotype & genitalia) Lee, S., R.W. Hodges, & R.L. Brown, 2009. Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 2231: 1-39. Meyrick, E., 1929. Exotic Microlepidoptera, 3(16): 485.

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